Re: Is it worth spending more time on adduser?
On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 15:08:18 +0200, "Andrea Pappacoda"
<andrea@pappacoda.it> wrote:
>On Sun Apr 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM CEST, Marc Haber wrote:
>> Useradd has grown most of that functionality in the last two decades.
>> That leaves no space for adduser between useradd and sysusers. At
>> least not enouch space to waste any more life time on it.
>
>I think I do not fully understand what you mean: are you saying that
>adduser is useless outside of maintainer scripts?
I am saying that adduser was written in a time when useradd had about
a fifth of its current features, and that the local admin can use
useradd to create local users as comfortably nowadays, and be portable
between distributions. adduser has developed into a helper for
maintainer scripts, and I was told a few weeks ago that the months of
my life I spent improving adduser are going down the drain.
>In my opinion adduser has great value outside of maintainer scripts!
>But I'm sure you know better than me, so I'm ready to change my mind.
Take a look at current useradd and decide wehther adduser actually
adds a value other than fitting your finger memory.
Greetings
Marc
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